Sarah Kirkman

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Kirkman was born on 25 December 1826, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, her father, George Adolphus Kirkman, was 32 and her mother, Patience Kathleen Chappel, was 19. She married Silas Harvey Smith on 28 April 1844, in Centerville, Center Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Posey Township, Fayette, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 23 March 1900, in Hickory Plains, Prairie, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Hickory Plains, Prairie, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Silas Harvey Smith
1822–1889
Sarah Kirkman
1826–1900
Marriage: 28 April 1844
Henry William Barefoot Smith
1845–1933
Charles Francis Smith
1846–1929
George Wilson Smith
1849–1930
Marcus J Smith
1852–1928
Laura J. Smith
1853–1930
Elixia E Smith
1856–
James E Smith
1859–1894
Edgar Silas Smith
1864–
Dove Clarence Smith
1866–1955
Estella Smith
1869–1922

Sources (9)

  • Sarah Smith in household of Silas Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Kirkman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Sarah Smith, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1832

Historical Information: 1832: Blackford County, Indiana, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): from Middle English kirkman ‘clergyman; churchwarden; lay official responsible for church finances’.

Americanized form of German Kirchmann , a cognate of 1 above, or of its North German cognate Kerkmann (see Kerkman ) and a very rare variant Kirkmann.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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